Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakovwas a Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 May 1891
CountryRussian Federation
regret heart two
How sad, ye Gods, how sad the world is at evening, how mysterious the mists over the swamps! You will know it when you have wandered astray in those mists, when you have suffered greatly before dying, when you have walked through the world carrying an unbearable burden. You know it two when you are weary and ready to leave this earth without regret; its mists; its swamps and its rivers; ready to give yourself into the arms of death with a light heart, knowing that death alone can comfort you.
evil giving shadow
You pronounced your words as if you don’t acknowledge the shadows, or the evil either. Would you be so kind as to give a little thought to the question of what your good would be doing if evil did not exist, and how the earth would look if the shadows were to disappear from it?
worry skins naked
Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off
children long once-upon-a-time
Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked...
loss world reason
There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.
educational institutions educated
I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.
real liars cutting
Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar have his despicable tongue cut out!
most-amazing enough combination
The most amazing combinations can result if you shuffle the pack enough.
eye giving soul
The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.
fate interest
No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.
cat talking hallucinations
Actually, I do happen to resemble a hallucination. Kindly note my silhouette in the moonlight." The cat climbed into the shaft of moonlight and wanted to keep talking but was asked to be quiet. "Very well, I shall be silent," he replied, "I shall be a silent hallucination.
eye avid giving
The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.
lasts firsts degrees
There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last
fate done share
But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.